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10/10/2011

Two Significant Books by Norber Wiener

Wiener, Norbert. Nonlinear Problems in Random Theory. MIT, 1958. !st edition, fine copy in a fine dustjacket. The book is "an examination of the role of nonlinear processes in physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, physiology and communications theory." (OOC 1004)."Wiener's seminal ideas on systems and cybernetics have shaped the entire field of systems science and have inspired it tremendous in the last 50 years..." $175

Wiener, Norbert. The Extrapolation, Interpolation, and Smoothing of Stationary Time Series with Engineering Applications. MIT, 1949. 1st edition. (Formerly the copy of Prof. Robert B. Wilson, with his name on front free endpaper. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket. $150 "Still difficult to read, although its contents have become basic knowledge in communication theory" (Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 14: 346) .